Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

The Roman Baths complex is a well-preserved Roman site once used for public bathing. There are four main features: the Sacred Spring, the Roman Temple, the Roman Bath House and the museum, holding finds from Roman Bath. The buildings above street level date from the 19th century.
On the balustrade around the Great Bath are statues of Roman governors of the province of Britannia and Roman emperors with particular connections to Britain.

The present statues are by George Anderson Lawson except for the one of Julius Caesar, which is a copy made by Laurence Tyndall in 1989.

jvlivs | cæsar Julius Caesar (Rome 63 BC - Nola 14 AD), first emperor of the Roman Empire (Wikipedia).	clav | divs Claudius (10 BC - 54 AD), Roman Emperor, 41-54 (Wikipedia).	vespa | sianvs Vespasian (9 - 79 AD) Roman emperor, 69-79 (Wikipedia).	ostori | vs sca | pvla Publius Ostorius Scapula (d. 52 AD), governor of Britannia, 47-52 (Wikipedia).
sveto | nivs pa | vlinus Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, governor of Britannia, 58-62 AD (Wikipedia).	jvlivs | agri | cola Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40-93 AD), governor of Britannia, 78-85 AD (Wikipedia).	hadr | ianvs Hadrianus / Hadrian (76-138 AD), Roman Emperor, 117-138 (Wikipedia).	consta | ntinvs | magnvs Constantine the Great (c. 285-337), Roman Emperor, 306-337 (Wikipedia).

s·p·q·r Head of Roma symbolising the spirit of Rome

Sculptors

• George Anderson Lawson (Edinburgh 1832 - ... 1904), British sculptor (Wikipedia).
  
• Laurence Tindall, English sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

• Historic England, Database.
• Wikipedia, Roman Baths (Bath).
• Cotswolds Info, Bath Sculptures.
• Laurence Tindall, Roman Baths.

Tags

Locatie (N 51°22'51" - W 2°21'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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